Dixie Chicks return with 2016 summer tour that will hit Alpharetta
BY MELISSA RUGGIERI
If you’ve been wondering what’s happened to the Dixie Chicks, the answer is – they’re going back on tour.
The trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison will return for a 40-city tour this summer, their first since their short “Long Time Gone” run in 2013 and their first performance in Georgia since 2006. The band’s new “DCX MMXVI World Tour” launches June 1 in Ohio and visits Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta on Aug. 14.
Tickets for the show, priced at $29.50-$149.50, are on sale at 10 a.m. Nov. 21 through all Ticketmaster outlets, www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. Citi cardmembers will have early access beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 18.
The band famously ostracized themselves from a segment of their fan base after Maines made a disparaging comment about President George W. Bush in 2003 during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Years of controversy, an armload of Grammys and a hiatus colored the rest of the decade and the Dixie Chicks returned in 2010 to open some dates on the Eagles’ summer tour.
More than 10 million copies of the trio’s “Wide Open Spaces” and “Fly” have been sold, achieving rare “diamond” status from the Recording Industry Association of America and hits including “Goodbye, Earl,” “Not Ready to Make Nice” and a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” topped the charts in the 2000s. Their last album, “Taking the Long Way,” arrived in 2006.
Here are the dates for the DCX MMXVI World Tour:
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| DATE | CITY | VENUE | ON SALE |
| Wed., June 1, 2016 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Fri., June 3, 2016 | Cleveland, OH | Blossom Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., June 4, 2016 | Detroit, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre | Mon., Nov. 23 |
| Sun., June 5, 2016 | Chicago, IL | Hollywood Casino Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Wed., June 8, 2016 | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center | Mon., Nov. 23 |
| Fri., June 10, 2016 | Pittsburgh, PA | First Niagara Pavilion | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., June 11, 2016 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Mon., June 13, 2015 | New York, NY | Madison Square Garden | Mon., Nov. 23 |
| Tues., June 14, 2016 | Boston, MA | Xfinity Center | Mon., Nov. 23 |
| Thurs., June 16, 2016 | Bangor, ME | Darling's Waterfront Pavilion | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Fri., June 17, 2016 | Hartford, CT | Xfinity Theatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., June 18, 2016 | Camden NJ | BB&T Pavilion | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Tues., June 21, 2016 | Toronto, ON | Molson Canadian Amphitheatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Wed., June 22, 2016 | Toronto, ON | Molson Canadian Amphitheatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Fri., June 24, 2016 | Hershey, PA | Hersheypark Stadium | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Sat., June 25, 2016 | Bristow, VA | Jiffy Lube Live | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Thurs., July 7, 2016 | Vancouver, BC | Rogers Arena | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Fri., July 8, 2016 | Seattle, WA | White River Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., July 9, 2016 | Portland, OR | Sunlight Supply Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Tues., July 12, 2016 | San Francisco, CA | Shoreline Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Wed., July 13, 2016 | Sacramento, CA | Toyota Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Fri., July 15, 2016 | San Diego, CA | Sleep Train Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., July 16, 2016 | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas Arena | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Sun., July 17, 2016 | Phoenix, AZ | AK-Chin Pavilion | Mon., Nov. 23 |
| Wed., July 20, 2016 | Irvine, CA | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Fri., August 5, 2016 | Dallas, TX | Gexa Energy Pavilion | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Sat., August 6, 2016 | Houston, TX | Cynthia Woods Mitchel Pavilion | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sun., August 7, 2016 | Austin, TX | Austin360 Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Wed., August 10, 2016 | Virginia Beach, VA | Farm Bureau Live | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Fri., August 12, 2016 | Raleigh, NC | Walnut Creek Amphitheatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., August 13, 2016 | Charlotte, NC | PNC Music Pavilion | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sun., August 14, 2016 | Atlanta, GA | Alpharetta Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Wed., August 17, 2016 | Nashville, TN | Bridgestone Arena | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Fri., August 19, 2016 | Tampa, FL | MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Sat., August 20, 2016 | West Palm Beach, FL | Perfect Vodka Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Wed., August 24, 2016 | St. Louis, MO | Hollywood Casino Amphitheater | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Thurs., August 25, 2016 | Indianapolis, IN | Klipsch Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Sat., August 27, 2016 | Minneapolis, MN | Minnesota State Fair | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Tues., August 30, 2016 | Kansas City, MO | Sprint Center | Sat., Nov. 21 |
| Thurs., September 1, 2016 | Denver, CO | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Fri., September 2, 2016 | Salt Lake City, UT | USANA Amphitheater | Fri., Nov. 20 |
| Mon., October 10, 2016 | Los Angeles, CA | Hollywood Bowl | Fri., Nov. 20 |
About the Author
Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.
